Re: today's suck

WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Fri, 09 Apr 1999 12:46:50 -0600 (MDT)

Well, Ambrose Beers at http://www.suck.com today really criticizes
Salinger but I wondered if Beers's inability to sense the "pure poetry" of
Salinger without the stanzas and Beers's inability to see genuine
spiritual insights in Salinger's fiction (and being) is much more than his
own inabilities to imagine what Salinger points toward...in other words, I
don't expect Salinger to prove the "pure poetry of seymour" because I can
imagine it...same with spiritual directions...he's not offering a how to
and never did...anyhow, I thought it was interesting to read though only
half the links really worked, will